From: cummings@hammer.prime.com (Kevin Cummings) Subject: Re: Boca Sirrus Card? Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 18:13:57 GMT
In article <taudas.724130874@ais.org>, taudas@ais.org (Tony Audas) writes:
> the cirrus logic chipset in the boca card is not et4000 compatible. the
> word is that it is very fast (faster than the wd chipset in the diamond
> speedstar24x) i wouldn't buy a trident. get a fast et4000 like the
> speedstar vga 1m (about US$135). an s3 based card will be more like us$240.
Try around US$199 for a Fahrenheit 1280-24. That's with the S3 86C928!
Cards based on the S3 86C911 are hereby obsolete, since the 24 bit version
basically costs the same as the 16 bit one. (Prices based on Jan '93 Computer
Shopper. shipping/sales tax extra)
> the cirrus logic chipset has integrated 24bit DAC for truecolor, and has
> been chosen by ibm and compaq for some of their new systems. it might not
> be long before linux supports this chipset. there is a new version of the
> s3 chipset (89c928) that is _very_ fast (nth graphics advertises 40M
> winmarks) don't know if it is shipping yet. ati graphics pro is fast (27M
>
>
> speedstar 24x)
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